Start a Fire

I presume that everybody has their hopes and dreams. Some people wanna believe that dreams can become reality, while the sceptical ones probably refuse to think so. Ok, let's try not to be a wet blanket and insult those who believe in their dreams. And that includes me.

Now, when we set goals, we wanna make sure that these things are achievable, firstly. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be rich and famous and successful and hot and whatnot, but please, we know we've gone a little too far if we expect these things to come to us overnight. There must be some credibility and decency in our aims, or it'll be nothing but an empty hope, and even I will diss you for that sort of unrealistic fantasies.

I've definitely thought about how I want my life to turn out. No matter how hard I try I just can't picture myself in some financial institution trying to make big bucks through investments and banking and money money stuff like that o.O well but somehow I chose to do business in uni... Ironic.

I want to start a business of my own. I have that idea popping inside my head since the start of last year, and I think I might have accidentally leaked it out to a few people (oops) but I still believe in it so.. no, I'm not gonna share it here in case you steal my idea. Haha!

Of course I've thought of being famous as a singer and stuff but I've neither got the looks nor talent so I'd leave it to the world of beautiful and attractive people to do it. Yea, not gonna be an eyesore. But, you know, for the record, this was one of my dreams hmm... I guess it's hard, especially how we all know that Singapore's entertainment industry is not exactly the most exciting one around. We look at Hollywood for movies, we look at Korea for K-pop, we look at Taiwan for Mandarin pop, and we look at Hong Kong for drama serials. The last place we'd look at is homegrown talent. Sad, but true.

So to all of you out there with intensely bright futures ahead of you, go on out to pursue your dreams with vigour and enthusiasm and burning passion and bountiful confidence. Who knows, you may actually find that dreams and reality are but two different realms of certainty blurred by your lack of determination. I'm sure we will all fulfill our hopes and dreams someday. Remember - the stars will always be there for you to reach. Never settle for less than what you can achieve, because doing so would not be doing justice to yourself, and the 7 billion people out there in the world who are a little less well-off without you realising your dream.

Cheers to all who live everyday fighting for something. And I'm glad simplicity is the new style. Gotta love that.